No cranes today

Report from Margaret Graham

Thirteen people showed up at Separation Lake at 7:30 Sunday morning in hopes of seeing the Sandhill Cranes but we didn’t see any. However, we weren’t disappointed as we saw 24 different species, including a lot of bluebirds and one muskrat. Karen Willies kept track of the birds so we have an accurate count.  We ended up at Gamble Pond in McGowan Park where we added another 6 species for a total of 30.  It was a cold, windy day but we were well dressed.  I hope the weather will be warmer for our next field trips.

AMCR     American Crow

CORA     Common Raven

WEME    Western Meadowlark

ECDO     Eurasian Collared Dove

ROPI       Rock Pigeon

EUST      European Starling

BAEA     Bald Eagle

BRBL     Brewer’s Blackbird

BUFF     Bufflehead

NOHA    Northern Harrier

KILL       Killdeer

     ?         Swan   Too far away to tell if it was Tundra or Trumpeter

LESC      Lesser Scaup

CAGO    Canada Goose

RNDU    Ring-necked Duck

MOBL    Mountain Bluebird

RUDU    Ruddy Duck

AMWI    American Wigeon

SAPH     Say’s Phoebe

DEJU     Dark-eyed Junco

NOSH    Northern Shrike

AMCO    American Coot

GRYE     Greater Yellowlegs

AMKE    American Kestrel

Gamble Pond

NOFL     Northern Flicker

RWBL    Red-winged Blackbird

REDH    Redhead

MALL    Mallard

SOSP     Song Sparrow

BBMA    Black-billed Magpie